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Trump Cuts Fuel Efficiency Standards, Chastises 'Foolish' Auto Executives On Twitter
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - 6:36am | 646Read More...The Trump administration has cut fuel standards and ushered in a plan calling for significantly lower annual increases in fuel efficiency. What Happened On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation finalized a norm titled “The Safer Affordable Fuel-...
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The Factors Pushing To Renewable Energy Sources
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 11:10am | 940Read More...Lately, there have been some big decisions in the circle of traditional fossil fuel producers, all related to their long-term plans and investment direction switch to renewable energy. And it may be said that those are some significant amounts of capital. The final plan is a carbon-free future. In...
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How Fossil-Fuel Allergy Impacts Shipping-Stock Returns
Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 6:42pm | 1279Read More...Global fund flows are pouring rapidly into "virtue" stocks that "help the planet" and away from "vice stocks," including anything to do with fossil fuels. Shares of tanker companies carrying oil and gas and dry bulk companies carrying coal are seen as squarely in the vice zone, which could put...
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Good Timing For This Alternative Energy ETF
Monday, July 1, 2019 - 7:31am | 546Read More...The ALPS Clean Energy ETF (CBOE: ACES), an exchange traded fund with exposure to multiple clean energy themes, debuted about a year ago and it appears its timing was excellent and not just because the fund is up 30.51% this year. What Happened ACES and its index bring a fresh approach to...
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Ditch Fossil Fuels With These New ETFs
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 8:51am | 558Read More...There is already an exchange-traded fund that offers S&P 500 exposure without energy equities, but a new pair of ETFs from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) broadens the horizons of investors looking to exclude fossil fuels from their portfolios. 2 New Ex-Energy ETFs On Tuesday, SSgA,...
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Rockefeller Fund To Divest Fossil Fuel Funds, Says Exxon Conduct Is Reprehensible
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 12:37pm | 188Read More...In a Wednesday announcement, the Rockefeller Family Fund made a move to divest from fossil fuels by "eliminating holdings" of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM). In a Reuters article outlining the move, Rockefeller is unhappy with Exxon's actions and "allegedly misleading the public about the...
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A New S&P 500 ETF That Excludes Fossil Fuels
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 9:28am | 583Read More...These are not go-go days for producers of fossil fuels. Not only are oil prices residing at multi-year lows, but coal is in the tank with several coal companies already declaring bankruptcy and perhaps more to follow. Additionally, the “ex-fossil fuels” investment theme is gaining...
